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seemed to call now for something a little more sub- 

 stantial. Among many things that were strange to 

 her, she selected some fresh tomatoes, potatoes re- 

 cently dug in the garden, a piece of bacon, a jar of 

 coarse corn meal, and a tin can containing roasted 

 coffee beans. The breakfast menu would be fried 

 tomatoes, corn cakes, potato cakes, breakfast bacon, 

 and black coffee. If anybody wanted fruit, there 

 was plenty on the trees. 



The boys were coming up from a splash in the 

 brook and felt much refreshed. "How about 

 breakfast, Edna?" remarked Henry. ''More or- 

 anges and bananas, or shall we go for the hardtack?" 



"I have a big surprise for you," replied Edna, 

 "only I don't know what to do about a fire." 



"After all the tire we passed over yesterday!" 

 said William. " I tell you what I'll do. I'll run 



back across the ridge and get some fire from that 



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 lava. 



So he took a pot of charcoal from the kitchen and 

 soon returned with it all aglow, ready for the seri- 

 ous business of getting breakfast. Henry sliced the 

 bacon while Edna peeled the potatoes and William 

 got the pots of water to boiling. Too many cooks 

 did not spoil the broth this time. As they ate their 

 first breakfast out under the palm tree, thoroughly 



